matlactetl (Osu2r)

matlactetl (Osu2r)
Notation

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This notation from the Codex Osuna, folio 2 recto (Image 6), shows two horizontal groups of five circles for a total of ten (matlactli). A line under each five groups them. Each small circle is a beige or tan color (probably watercolor).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

This number is actually part of a larger number, centzontli ipan nauhtecpantli ipan matlactetl, which refers to a total of 490 bundles of lime. One could teach this notation as a math expression (e.g., 400 + 80 + 10). In the Matrícula de Huexotzinco, the number ten can also appear as a diamond shape (see below).

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Source Manuscript:

Osuna, Codex (Osu)

Date of Manuscript:

1551–1565

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Mexico City

Semantic Categories:

numbers

Syntax:

line connecting elements

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Numbers, Math

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

tan

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle(s) (small, often concentric)

horizontal

frontal view

Keywords:

números, diez, círculos, notación

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

matlac(tli), ten, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/matlactli
te(tl), a suffix for numbers of things, otherwise, it means stone, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tetl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

diez

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Library of Congress Online Catalog and the World Digital Library, Osuna Codex, or Painting of the Governor, Mayors, and Rulers of Mexico (Pintura del Gobernador, Alcaldes y Regidores de México), https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_07324/. The original is located in the Biblioteca Nacional de España.

Image Source, Rights:

"The Library of Congress is unaware of any copyright or other restrictions in the World Digital Library Collection. Absent any such restrictions, these materials are free to use and reuse." But please cite the Biblioteca Nacional de España and this Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs if you use any of these images here or refer to the content on this page, providing the URL.

Historical Contextualizing Image: